KR20140121716A - Method and Apparatus for Push service provided using the integration of the mobile device operating system conversion - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing a push service, wherein the method for providing the push service by a push gateway comprises the steps of: an integrated conversion step of receiving a program language based source file from a source file providing device and converting the source file into an individual application code corresponding to each of plural mobile device operating systems; an application update step of transmitting the individual application code to an application providing device corresponding to each of the plural mobile device operating systems; a message transmission step of transmitting a push request message to a push providing device corresponding to each of the plural mobile device operating systems; and a feedback receiving step of receiving response data on whether reception of the push request message is successful from a terminal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a push service providing apparatus and a method for providing a push service using an integrated transformation of a mobile device operating system,

An embodiment of the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a push service using an integrated transformation of a mobile device operating system (Operating System). More specifically, the present invention integrates push services different for each mobile device operating system, receives feedback of push data reception success from the push client device, and retransmits by using another method when push data transmission fails To an apparatus and method for providing a push service using an integrated transformation of a mobile device operating system.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the embodiment of the present invention and do not constitute the prior art.

The method of sending and receiving messages between mobile devices can be classified into a pull method and a push method. The pull method is a method in which a mobile device frequently obtains information from an information provider and fetches data from a smart phone, for example, in a foreground or a background. On the other hand, push method is a method of forcibly transmitting information from a publisher or a server to a mobile device, and maintains a continuous connection state with a push support service in an operating system to transmit a message from a server to a smart phone. For example, Apple's Push Notification Service (APNs) is configured to support the iOS operating system and delivers notification messages to mobile devices based on the iOS operating system around the world via cloud services. .

Push-based message delivery methods are not only superior to full-featured message delivery methods in terms of resource efficiency such as battery and network bandwidth, but also meet the immediacy of notification services. .

Despite these advantages of the push message service, the conventional push service is configured to support push servers based on multiple operating systems while providing a single message service, or to provide a message service only to the user's single device So that the expansion was not easy. In addition, it is unclear whether the push message is correctly received to the corresponding application of the mobile device. If the pushing message is not correctly received due to a failure of the data network and deletion or malfunction of the application, .

In order to solve the above-described problems, an embodiment of the present invention integrates push services different for each mobile device operating system, receives feedback of successful push data reception from a push client device, The present invention provides a push service providing apparatus and method using an integrated transformation of a mobile device operating system that retransmits using a different method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a push service, the apparatus including: a source file based on a programming language, the source file being received from a source file providing apparatus and corresponding to each of operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices; An integrated conversion unit for converting the application codes into individual application codes; An application update unit for transmitting the individual application codes to an application providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; A message transmission unit for transmitting a push request message for the individual application code to a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; And a feedback receiver for receiving response data for the push request message from the terminal.

If it is determined that the response data is success, the mobile terminal transmits the reception success response data to the application providing apparatus. If the response data indicates failure, the push request message is retransmitted And a push control unit for controlling the push operation.

The push control unit may further include recognizing the response data as a successful reception if the push-to-terminal apparatus transmits the push request message and the terminal information that transmitted the response data are identical to each other .

In addition, the push control unit may include recognizing the response data as a failure when the response data is not received within a predetermined time after transmitting the push request message.

Advantageously, the push control unit further comprises, if the response data is a failure, resending the push request message requesting push data transmission of a message type (SMS or MMS) to the push provision device .

In addition, the integrated conversion unit may further include: a source file generation unit receiving the source file from the source file provision apparatus; An intermediate language code generation unit for converting the source file into an intermediate language code; An individual application code conversion unit for converting the intermediate language codes into the individual application codes corresponding to the operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; And an execution file generation unit for generating an execution file for the individual application code.

In addition, it is preferable to further include a database management unit for storing and managing the application providing apparatus and transmission rate related information, the user ID for transmitting and receiving the push request message, and the user information related to the push providing service.

Also, an apparatus for receiving a push service, the apparatus comprising: a message management unit for transmitting push data received from a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices; An application interlocking unit for generating response data for the push data; And a feedback transmission unit for transmitting the response data to the push gateway device.

The mobile device may further include an application management unit downloading data corresponding to each application code from an application providing apparatus corresponding to each of the operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices and updating the corresponding application.

It is also desirable to include controlling to transmit the application deletion information to the push gateway apparatus when the application is deleted.

Preferably, the push gateway provides a push service, comprising: receiving from a source file providing apparatus a source file based on a programming language and converting the source file into a separate application code corresponding to an operating system of each of the plurality of mobile devices; ; An application updating step of transmitting the individual application codes to an application providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; A message transmission step of transmitting a push request message to a push providing device corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; And a feedback receiving step of receiving response data indicating whether or not the push request message has been successfully received from the terminal.

In addition, a method for a push client to receive a push service includes receiving a push data from a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices, and transmitting the push data to an application interworking unit; An application interlocking process of transmitting the push data to the application management unit and receiving the push data reception result from the application management unit; And a feedback transmission step of transmitting the push data reception result to the push gateway device.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmitting push data by integrating push services different for operating systems such as iOS or Android through a method of integrating a plurality of mobile devices having different operating systems is provided.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a push service in various operating systems through development of a single push gateway device and a push client device, without having to develop or operate a mobile device application client and an application server for each operating system .

In addition, by implementing a method of confirming whether push data has been successfully transmitted, it improves the quality of push service provision and has the advantage of achieving a transmission success rate of at least an SMS level. Therefore, And application development areas.

In this way, it is possible to provide an infrastructure for building a new service model in the communication field by enhancing the convenience of the developer and the user, and providing an efficient and accurate push data transmission effect, Effect can be achieved.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a general configuration including a push gateway device and a push client device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an integrated conversion unit included in a push gateway apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing an integrated conversion of a plurality of mobile device operating systems according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a reprocessing process when push data transmission and transmission result success feedback and push data transmission fail according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting push data through an SMS when transmission of push message data and transmission of push data in a plurality of operating systems according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is failed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS OF THE DRAWINGS
100: Push gateway device 200: Push client device
300: Application providing device 400: Source file providing device
600: network network 110:
120: push controller 130: feedback receiver
140: Database Management Unit 150: Message Transfer Unit
170: application update unit 210: message management unit
220: Application Interlocking Unit 230: Feedback Transmission Unit
250: Application management unit 112: Source file receiver
113: intermediate language code generation unit 115: individual application code conversion unit
119: executable file generation unit

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1, the overall configuration including the push gateway device 100 and the push client device 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The push gateway device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is connected to the push client device 200 through a network 600 such as a wired or wireless network.

The push gateway device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented in a server form or the like and each component of the push gateway device 100 described below is a conceptual category for distinguishing logical functions of the server, And the push gateway device 100 mutually inputs / outputs various data for the push client device 200 and the push data reception feedback.

The push gateway device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention transmits push data using the integrated conversion of a plurality of mobile device operating systems and feedbacks the push data reception result from the push client device 200. [ And transmits the push data to the application providing apparatus 300. In the case where the result of the push data reception is a failure, the apparatus performs the retransmission processing. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the name, 100). ≪ / RTI >

The push gateway device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an integrated transformation unit 110, a push control unit 120, a feedback receiving unit 130, a database management unit 140, a message A transmission unit 150, and an application update unit 170. [

The source file providing apparatus 400 connected to the integrated transform unit 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for generating a source file based on a programming language, It can be generated as a source file of the form. Here, the program language is a C ++ language that is an object-oriented language that extends C language, an Objective-C language that is an object-oriented language that adds a smalltalk-style message syntax to a C programming language, Refers to any programming language constructed by modifying or modifying it based on language.

When a source file is transmitted from the source file providing apparatus 400 to the unification converting unit 110, the unification converting unit 110 converts the source file into an intermediate language code, and converts the converted intermediate language code into an individual application corresponding to a specific operating system And generates an executable file converted into a code.

The application updating unit 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention plays a role of transmitting individual application codes to the application providing apparatus 300 corresponding to each of operating systems (e.g., iOS, Android) of a plurality of mobile devices do.

The message transmission unit 150 transmits a push request message for each application code to a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices. Here, the push provision device corresponds to each of the operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices and may include a first push provision device, a second push provision device, and an Nth push provision device. In addition, the push providing device may download the application information and the application downloaded by the user from the application providing apparatus 300, and receive the user information and the user list to use.

The feedback receiving unit 130 receives response data for the push request message from the terminal.

The push control unit 120 transmits the reception success response data to the application providing apparatus 300 when it indicates that the response data is success, and sends a push request message to the push providing apparatus when the response data indicates failure Retransmit. Herein, when the push-providing apparatus transmits the push request message and the terminal information transmitted the response data is identical, it may include recognizing the response data as a successful reception. It is further preferable that the response data is recognized as failure if response data is not received within a predetermined time after transmitting the push request message.

Meanwhile, the push control unit 120 may include, when the response data is a failure, requesting the push providing apparatus to send push data of a message type (SMS or MMS) and resending the push request message.

The application providing apparatus 300 interconnected with the push control unit 120 represents the application providing apparatus 300 according to each operating system such as iOS or Android, but is not limited thereto, And the own push application providing apparatus may be a communication company message providing apparatus for providing a message such as SMS or MMS, for example.

The database management unit 140 stores and manages the application providing apparatus 300 and transmission rate related information, a user ID for transmitting and receiving a push request message, and user information related to the push providing service.

The push client apparatus 200 includes a message management unit 210, an application interworking unit 220, a feedback transmission unit 230, an application management unit 250, and an application management unit 250. In the push client apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, As shown in FIG.

The message management unit 210 plays a role of transmitting push data received from push support devices corresponding to operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices. Here, the Nth push gateway client including the first push gateway client and the second push gateway client may be a client side using a corresponding push gateway service corresponding to each of the push providing apparatuses such as the first push providing apparatus and the second push providing apparatus, . ≪ / RTI >

The application interworking unit 220 generates response data for the push data, and the feedback transmission unit 230 transmits the response data for the push data to the push gateway device 100.

     The application management unit 250 downloads data corresponding to individual application codes from the application providing apparatuses 300 corresponding to the operating systems and updates the corresponding applications. It may also include controlling to transmit the application deletion information to the push gateway device 100 when the installed application is deleted.

Hereinafter, the specific operation of the integrated transformation unit 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. The integrated conversion unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a source file receiving unit 112, an intermediate language code generating unit 113, an individual application code converting unit 115, and an execution file generating unit 119 Lt; / RTI >

The source file receiving unit 112 of the convergence transforming unit 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention receives the source file generated from the source file providing apparatus 400. [ Here, although the source file receiving unit 112 receives the source file generated from the source file providing apparatus 400, the source file receiving unit 112 is not limited thereto. If the source file is generated, And may be a receiving unit 112.

The intermediate language code generation unit 113 converts the source file generated by the source file reception unit 112 into an intermediate language code. Here, the intermediate language code does not depend on the characteristics of the operating system such as the type of the operating system of the mobile device (for example, iOS, Android, etc.), and means a code independent of the operating system. That is, the intermediate language code can be converted into individual application codes corresponding to a specific operating system and executed later.

Meanwhile, the intermediate language code generation unit 113 may store mapping information defining conversion rules between a C language-based programming language and an intermediate language code independent of the mobile device operating system. For example, the intermediate language code generation unit 113 may store mapping information in the form of a table that matches each indicator of the C language with the corresponding intermediate language code. That is, the intermediate language code generation unit 113 can convert the C language-based source file into the intermediate language code using this mapping information.

The individual application code conversion unit 115 converts an intermediate language code of an independent form into an individual application code according to a specific operating system. For example, an independent intermediate language code converts a constant of a particular type (e.g., type 0) to a common constant, and converts the common constant to a constant having a value according to the mobile device operating system. In addition, a grammar error check is performed at the time of conversion. If the grammar error check does not have an error as a result of checking, an executable file is generated by the executable file generation unit 119. The executable file generating unit 119 generates an executable file so that the converted individual application code can be driven according to the operating system of the mobile device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing an integrated conversion of a plurality of mobile device operating systems according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a source file is received (S310) from a source file providing apparatus 400, S330), and converts the intermediate language codes into individual application codes (S350). An execution file including the converted individual application code is generated (S370).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of reprocessing a push data transmission, a success or failure of a transmission result, and a push data transmission failure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, a concrete procedure of the push data providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4, which is a flowchart illustrating a push data transmission and feedback process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The integrated conversion unit 110 of the push gateway device 100 receives the source file for integration of the mobile device operating system from the source file providing device 400 in operation S410, (S430), and push data is transmitted from the push providing device to the push client device (S450) in accordance with the push method suitable for the subscriber mobile device operating system. The feedback receiving unit 130 receives the push data reception result from the feedback transmission unit 230 of the push client apparatus 200 in step S470 and transmits the push data reception result to the application provision apparatus 120 through the push control unit 120 300, and when the reception result is a failure, push data is retransmitted to the client device 200 via SMS or MMS via the convergence conversion unit 110, and the SMS or MMS processing result is transmitted To the application providing apparatus 300 (S490).

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a process of transmitting push data through an SMS when transmission of push data and transmission of push data in a plurality of operating systems according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is failed. The push gateway device 100 is interconnected with a plurality of operating system (e.g., iOS, Android) -based application providing devices and push providing devices, and is connected to the push client device 200 and the data However, the present invention is not limited to this. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and if it is possible to transmit and receive video and data such as a communication network based on a local communication network or a communication network established by a predetermined company, have.

The push client device 200 sends back the result of receiving the push data to the push gateway device 100 when the push gateway device 100 transmits the push data to the push client device 200 .

In describing the present invention, each component of the push gateway device 100 and the push client device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be logically separated As a matter of course.

That is, since each configuration corresponds to a logical component for realizing the technical idea of the present invention, even if each component is integrated or separated, if the functions performed by the logical configuration of the present invention can be realized, It is to be understood that any component that performs the same or similar function should be interpreted as falling within the scope of the present invention regardless of the consistency of the name.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the present invention.

The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a push service in a variety of operating systems through development of a single push gateway device and a push client device, without having to develop or operate a mobile device application client and an application server for each operating system And push data can be verified as to whether or not the push data is successfully transmitted, thereby improving the quality of push service provision and achieving a transmission success rate of at least SMS level. Thus, , Which is expected to be widely used in the field of terminal and application development, is a useful invention.

Claims (12)

An apparatus for providing a push service,
An integrated conversion unit for receiving a source language file based on a program language from a source file providing apparatus and converting the source file into individual application codes corresponding to operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices;
An application update unit for transmitting the individual application codes to an application providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices;
A message transmission unit for transmitting a push request message for the individual application code to a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; And
A feedback receiver for receiving response data for the push request message from the terminal;
Wherein the push-gateway device comprises: The method according to claim 1,
And transmits push response data to the application providing apparatus when the response data indicates reception success, and transmits push response message to the application providing apparatus when the response data indicates failure, The control unit
Further comprising: means for determining whether the push-to-talk connection is valid. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the push-
Wherein the push-to-gateway device recognizes the response data as a successful reception if the terminal information transmitted the push request message and the terminal information transmitted the response data are identical. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the push-
And recognizes the response data as a failure if the response data is not received within a predetermined time after transmitting the push request message. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the push-
And resends the push request message requesting push data transmission of a message type (SMS or MMS) to the push providing device if the response data is failure. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
A source file generating unit receiving the source file from the source file providing apparatus;
An intermediate language code generation unit for converting the source file into an intermediate language code;
An individual application code conversion unit for converting the intermediate language codes into the individual application codes corresponding to the operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; And
An executable file generating unit for generating an executable file for the individual application code,
Wherein the push-gateway device comprises: The method according to claim 1,
A database management unit for storing and managing the application providing apparatus and transmission rate related information, the push request message sending / receiving user ID and the push providing service related user information,
Further comprising: means for determining whether the push-to-talk connection is valid. An apparatus for receiving a push service,
A message management unit for transmitting push data received from a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices;
An application interlocking unit for receiving the push data and generating response data for the push data; And
A feedback transmission unit for transmitting the response data to the push gateway device,
Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 1, < / RTI > 9. The method of claim 8,
An application management unit for downloading data corresponding to an individual application code from an application providing apparatus corresponding to each of the operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices and updating the corresponding application,
Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 1, < / RTI > 10. The method of claim 9,
The application management unit,
And transmits the application deletion information to the push gateway device when the installed application is deleted. A method of providing a push service by a push gateway,
An integrated conversion process of receiving a source file based on a program language from a source file providing apparatus and converting the source file into a separate application code corresponding to an operating system of each of a plurality of mobile devices;
An application updating step of transmitting the individual application codes to an application providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices;
A message transmission step of transmitting a push request message to a push providing device corresponding to each of operating systems of the plurality of mobile devices; And
A feedback receiving step of receiving response data indicating whether the push request message is successfully received from the terminal
Gt; a < / RTI > push service. In a method for a push client to receive a push service,
A message management step of receiving push data from a push providing apparatus corresponding to each of operating systems of a plurality of mobile devices and transmitting the push data to an application interworking unit;
An application interlocking process of transmitting the push data to the application management unit and receiving the push data reception result from the application management unit; And
A feedback transmission process of transmitting the push data reception result to the push gateway device
Gt; a < / RTI > push service.

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